Bam Margera may be getting the help he needs – from Lamar Odom.
The former “Jackass” star’s brother, Jess, tells Pvnew exclusively that they’re trying to send Bam to one of Odom’s new rehab facilities following his 5150 psychiatric hold.
“[Police] found him, and I believe he is going to Lamar Odom’s new treatment facility,” he says. “Or at least they’re trying.”
Jess said Bam had no interest in going to the Betty Ford Center because they had “yelled at him for smoking.”
A rep for Odom Wellness Treatment Centers didn’t return Pvnew’s numerous requests for comment.
Jess tells us that he and his family requested a wellness check on the “Viva La Bam” alum after he called their parents and shared some “really dark suicidal stuff.”
The LAPD eventually found Bam, 43, at actor Danny Trejo’s restaurant, Trejo’s Tacos, where he reportedly was acting erratically and slurring his speech. Authorities requested a psychiatric evaluation, which resulted him in being placed on the 72-hour involuntary hold.
Bam sparked concern from friends, family and fans last week when he posted a now-deleted rant in which he threatened to “smoke crack” until he died unless he could see his son, Phoenix.
“I haven’t seen Phoenix in two f–king months,” he fumed of the son he shares with estranged wife Nicole Boyd. “I have to wake up every day, knowing that I probably won’t get to talk to him or see him.”
Boyd, 39, filed for legal separation after the pro skateboarder relapsed and fled treatment centers numerous times.
Bam’s life on the lam has continuously been marred by legal issues, having been arrested multiple times for public intoxication and domestic violence.
Jess claimed earlier this year that the “Bam’s Unholy Union” alum’s meth addiction was to blame for his behavior, but Bam attempted to shut down that allegation by posting a photo of himself holding a negative drug test result.
As for Odom, he invested in rehab facilities earlier this year following his near-fatal overdose at the Love Ranch brothel in Nevada in 2015.
“I didn’t take anything that night,” the former NBA star claimed in a Facebook Live interview with “Addiction Talk” in 2021. “I was really hurt and almost in some sense afraid because somebody just tried to take my life.”
